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Latest Cyclone stories on ABC Far North Qld

Tropical Cyclone Iris has intensified to a category two system and is starting to speed up as it continues to hover off the north Queensland coast, on track to become a category three by Wednesday afternoon....

The Bureau of Meteorology warns Iris could bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall to a stretch of the Queensland coast between Townsville and Sarina, although the strengthening system isn't expected to cross the coast....

A warning is in place for residents from Karumba to Thursday Island, including Weipa and Mornington Island, as Tropical Cyclone Nora intensifies and slowly moves toward the Queensland coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria....

Evacuations are ordered in coastal towns and communities in north Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Debbie bears down, with authorities warning of damaging tidal surges and an impact on a scale not seen since Cyclone Yasi in 2011....

Supermarket shelves empty in north Queensland as the weather bureau warns a cyclone swirling off the coast could intensify to a category four when it crosses somewhere between Cardwell and Bowen, near Townsville, early next week....

While many north Queenslanders are no strangers to the wild weather Mother Nature can throw their way, there are plenty of recent arrivals in the region facing their first possible cyclone this weekend....

A severe weather warning for parts of far north Queensland is cancelled, but rain, showers and storms can still be expected about the Central Coast and Whitsundays district today thanks to ex-Tropical Cyclone Winston....